23 Hya

HIP 45527; 23 Hya DoubleStar Hya Visible Level 6 Professional/Research - Requires steady seeing

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Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.24

Spectral Type K2III

Star Color Red (B-V 1.17)

Distance 407.7 ly

Position & Identifiers

RA 09h 16m 41.7s

Dec -06° 21' 11.0"

Constellation Hya

HR 3681

HIP 45527

Flamsteed 23 Hya

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Multiple Star System

Separation 1.3″

Companion Mag 10.8

Position Angle 287°

Star Colors A: Red

Discoverer KUI 40

Eyepiece View

Telescope Eyepiece

80x Dawes: 1.9″ TFOV: 0.6°

Seeing

Scale Realistic = true angular size

Sep: 1.3″ · PA: 287° · N up, E left

Unresolved · Rayleigh: 2.3″ · Dawes: 1.9″ · Eff: 3.1″

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Spectral Classification

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Stellar Notes

Spectroscopic Binary

922d, K 10.0k/s, V0 -7.7k/s, asini 121. Unresolved by speckle interferometry 1982.17.

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